wayneblast Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Hi I am starting to play around with OS Commerce but I need an understanding on what is required on my PC to get going (I do not have a web server). I have MYSQL v5 and PHP v5.5.9 A check list would be great... Thanks Wayne
mhsuffolk Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 If you want to run the site locally on your PC for testing then download something like Uniserver. It will provide PHP 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 Apache and mySQL for you to test on. Testing emails is problematical locally but that can wait until you go live. I test every change to my site on this local set up, then when all is OK upload the changed files via Filezilla. Never download the other way in case of hack attacks to your live files. I am sure there are other ways but this is my way Live shop Phoenix 1.0.8.4 on PHP 7.4 Working my way up the versions.
MrPhil Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 WAMPP (Windows-Apache Server-MySQL-Perl-PHP) and LAMPP (Linux-Apache Server-MySQL-Perl-PHP) are generic terms for webservers you can install and run on a PC. XAMPP is a particular "brand" distribution for Windows and Linux. There are others. That said, IMO there are only a couple real uses for this. One is to try out running a server and setting up a site, to see if you want to go through with it, before you plunk down the money for a real domain name and a real (professionally run) server. Do not even think of connecting your *AMPP server on your PC to the Internet and running a live site off it -- hackers will eat you alive. Some of the things you pay for in a professionally run server are attention to security, and frequent backups. Even if you only use your *AMPP for private development, there's still a major problem: it's almost guaranteed that the server (Apache), PHP, and MySQL versions will differ from those on your commercial server service. This can lead to much time wasted sorting out bugs due to the differences.in versions when you finally transfer your files to the "real" server. The second reason to use *AMPP is if you're worried about the effect of upcoming PHP versions on your own code, beyond what your host offers (say, they're at 5.3 and you want to see what happens with 5.4 or 5.5), An *AMPP server could help with trying out your code in a different environment. If you're using a commercial or well-supported application (such as osC), you might as well let others worry about upcoming PHP versions (unless you are a very good coder and in a position to offer fixes to the community). Other than those, I can't see any use for it if you also have access to a real live server.
wayneblast Posted February 10, 2014 Author Posted February 10, 2014 Great thanks, appreciate the feedback!
priyanka1817 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 I am building on technostore my rusticaa site but i dont know how to change name from technostore to rusticaa.plz advice
♥14steve14 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Stop hijacking other threads and read the help you are getting. This type of action will only get you banned or worse still will get you no help. REMEMBER BACKUP, BACKUP AND BACKUP
Jan Zonjee Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 I am building on technostore my rusticaa site but i dont know how to change name from technostore to rusticaa.plz advice Your question that you posted more than once (against forum rules as Steve remarked correctly) was answered here
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